Re: [Biofuel] 45 gallons of cream(part 2)

2005-07-06 Thread Appal Energy
Brent, First we've heard of adding methanol to break an emulsion. But then again, anything hydrophillic, if it works. Congratulations. You are aware, however, that methanol boils at 145*F? You were very close to having instantaneous vaporization when you added it. Hopefully you're

[Biofuel] 45 gallons of cream(part 2)

2005-07-05 Thread Brent S
Just a note from my last post. I took the temp of my failure to 140F and then had a brainwave to add more methanol. I added 4 liters to the 45 gallons. I had almost imediate separation down to about 4 from the top. A thin layer also was floating on top. Any ideas? Brent